3 Bed Cottage with Character, Excellent Condition, Beautiful Garden, Attached Barn

Property Description

In very pleasant undulating countryside, 7kms from the pretty little town of Descartes, a 3 bed XIXth century house full of character with original beams, fireplace and exposed stone walls – all in excellent condition. It is the first of two properties of a no through lane. The garden is very pleasant having a number mature specimen trees. Approx. 115m² of usable living space on 2,830m² of land.
On the ground floor there is an open space with living/dining room and a newly installed top-end kitchen equipped with new appliances. Leading off this open space are a recently upgraded Italian shower room/WC, a hall, a bedroom and stairs leading to the main bedroom which is large enough to have an en suite created just above the existing shower room. Another staircase, from the hall, leads to a third bedroom. The house could be extended into the two storey barn attached to the house, subject to planning.

GENERAL INFORMATION
General condition: excellent
Heating: individually programmed electric radiators + wood burner. The G energy rating reflects the exposed stone walls and the electric radiators. In practice the wood burner heats the main parts of the house efficiently and economically in winter, though as a second home it may be infrequently used. The house is cool in summer. Mechanical ventilation system (VMC).
Double glazing: 82% of glazed surface area
5.5kms from a village with a baker
Within 7kms, two little towns with all basic amenities including supermarkets and weekly markets
Châtellerault 23kms away with its TGV station and an excellent weekly market
Less 20kms from the A10 motorway (from Paris to the Spanish border)
Less than one hour to Tours and Poitiers airports with all year round flights to the UK

DIMENSIONS
HOUSE
Ground floor
LIVING / DINING / KITCHEN (39.8m²) – ceiling height: 2.5m – beam height: 2.0m – fireplace with wood burner – exposed beams and stones – opens onto the back garden
SHOWER ROOM / WC (4.2m²) – Italian shower – electric towel rack
HALL (9.6m²)
BEDROOM 1 (14.3m²) – beam height: 2.1m – exposed beams – basin – opens onto the back garden

First floor
From staircase 1
BEDROOM 2 (20.6m²)
From staircase 2 – from living area
BEDROOM 3 (25.0m²)
STORAGE – 4.9 x 1.1m (5.4m²)

OUTSIDE
BARN – could be converted as an extension to the house – 5.2 x 4.6m (23.9m²) – ridge height: 5.7m
BREAD OVEN
FRUIT TREES: plum, cherry, apple

FURTHER INFORMATION

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